Washing-machine.



PATENTED AUG. 4, 190a.

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s. TONEY. WASHING MACHINE. .APHI-I'ILA'IION FILED AUG. 20, 1907 I Q 4 r2 7:9

PATENTED AUG. 4, 1908.

s. TONEY. WASHING MACHINE. Arruognon rum) 4110.20, 1901.

a sums-mans! a SQUIRE 'IONEY, OF VIROQUA, WISCONSIN, A SSIGl\"( )B- OFbNEJOURTH TO JOHN DEVLIN, E,

. VIROQUA, WISCONSIN.

WASHING-MACHINE. 1

Specification of Letters Patent.

No. 895,059. Patented Au 4,1908.

' WIT-ED- EZ TENT OFFICE. v I

i I j I 7 Application filed August 20,1907. SerialNo.389,421.

T 0 all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, Sonar: Toner, a citizen of the United States, residing at Viroqua, in the county of Vernon and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in fishing-Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and' use the same, reference being bad to the accompany ing drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to washing machines, of the reciprocating-rubber type.

It has for its object to form a machine having certain features of construct-ion hereinafter particularly specified whereby the clothes to be washed will be subjected to a rubbing action on all sides, and in which the possibility of the clothes becoming tangled and torn is avoided, and in which the rubbing frames can be readily adjusted to conform to the conditions to be met according as a larger or smaller number of articles are to be washed.

To the accomplishment of the fore oing and such other objects as may be made rereinafter to appear the invent-ion consists in the features hereinafter particularly described and then sought to be defined by the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine; Fig. 2 a vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 3 a cross section on theline 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 a perspective of the upper roller frame, and a portion of one of'the end boards,- and Fig. 5 a detail view, partly in section, of the oscillatin lever.

n the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a box of suitable shape and dimensions, supported upon suitable legs 2 and having a cover or top 3 which may have handles 4 for liftingit from place, or which may be otherwise made so as to permit access to the interior of the tub. In the bottom of the tub is placed a frame composed of side members 5 connected together by corrugated rollers'o suitably spaced apart'and having their tops substantially flush or in the same plane with the top surfaces of the side members, said top surfaces being corrugated as shown at a rollers 6 form' a corrugated surface for the support of the articles to be washed. The rollers 6 are above the bottom of the tub so that a space will exist between the rollers and beneath the corrugated bottom to receive the sediment or dirt that settles in the bottom beneath the clothes orother articles being washed. I

The sides of the tub are corrugated as shown at b, m any sultable manner and for a suitable height so as to present corrugatedsidesfor the clothes to be rubbed against.

Above the-lower frame there is placed a sec-- 1 0nd frame somewhat shorter than the bottom frame and formedof side members 7 whose lower edges are corrugated as shown at c, and corrugated rollers 8 connecting the side mem-" bers. The side members 7 beyond the end rollers are formed with dovetail tongues to fit in correspondingly shaped grooves or ways 9 in the guide end boards 10 whose inner faces are corrugated transversely as shown at d. These end boards prevent the clothes which lie between the u per and lower frames from passing beyond t ie ends of-the frames and packing or tangling between the ends of the frames and the ends of the box, in the reciprocation of the upper frame. i

The end boards 10 and the frame which carries them are vertically adjustable one relatively to the other, that is, if the frame be raised so as to carry with it the boards the 4 cording to the number or quantity of ieces elng 1 of wearing apparel or other articles washed that may be placed between the up per and the lower sets of rubbing sulfac'es.

The top rubber or frame is held down to its working position by adj ustablc boards 13 slidable in dovetailed ways 14 formed in the sides of the tub and held to their adjustment by set screws 15, or otherwise. The lower edges of these boards bear against anti-friction rollers 16 journaled in castings 17 suit- 1 Or the set screws-may be first In either case, one of the parts, that,-----* so that they together with the corrugated ably secured to the top edges of the side members 7 so that the top rubber or frame will be smoothl guided in its reciprocation and be firmly he (1 to its working position.

The to rubber or frame is reciprocated by an opening 2-3 in one of the end boards 10.

and through the end of the tub where it is connected to a lever 24 pivoted to a bracket 25, the opposite end of said leverbeing. connected to a crank pin 26 the shaft of which passes through a boxing 27 formed as a part of. a casting 28 and carries at its end a sprocket wheel 29 to which motion is transmitted by a chain 30 which passes around a sprocket wheel 31 mounted onthe casting 28 and operated by a crank handle 32. By

- means of the driving mechanism described the top frame or rubber is reciprocated back and forth, causing the articles between the top' and bottom frames to be rubbed by the corrugated, rollers of the top and bottom frames as well asby the corrugated edges of the side members of the two frames, and also by the corrugated sides and the corrugated end boards, the clothes being given at the same time a back and forth movement, to a greater or less extent, between the two frames. It will'thus be seen that corrugated rubbing surfaces are presented to the clothes on all sides so that thev are thoroughly rubbed and cleansed. It will also be observed that the frames are adjustable to increase or lessen the space between them so as to conform to the bulk of the clothes being washed, and further that the danger of tangling and tearing the clothes by gettirw between the end rollers of the frames and the ends of the tub is prevented by the adjustable end boards. it will also be observed that the dirt washed from the clothes will settle in the bottom of the tub below the bottom frame instead of being carried back and forth through the clothes.

The bottom and top rubbing frames can be readily removed by taking out the adjustable side boards 13 and liftingthem out of thetub.

To facilitate this being done vithout dis membering the driving gears, the pitman 18 may be made in two parts, one part being formed with a socket 33 and the other art with a pintle 34 to fit in the socket an be held therein by a cotter-pin 35, which permits the parts of the pitman to be se arated and one part removed with the rub ers or roller frames when the latter are to be take out. a

It is'obvious that changes can be made in some of the parts without afiectin other arts, and while I have described t e preerred construction of each part cha es can be made in the parts and still be em raced within the scope of the invention as defined by the claims. 4

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim is:-

1. In awashin machine, t .e combination a with the lower ru bing frame having rollers, ofthe upper reci' rocating adjustable rubbing frame having ro lers, ad ustable side boards bearing upon the upper frame and restricting its vertical movement, and end boards carried by the reciprocating frame, said end boards and frame being adjustable one relatively to the other, substantially as described.

2'. In a washing machine, the combination with the lower rubbing frame, of the upper adjustable reciprocating rubbin frame, a vertically grooved bracket carried b the upper frame, and a driving pitma-n having its head working in the vertical groove of said bracket, substantially as described.

3. A washing machine com arising a tub having its side walls corrugate vertically, a frame in the bottom of the tub provided with corrugated rollers, a reciprocating frame having corrugated rollers and located above the lower roller frame, end boards carried by the upper frame and having corrugated faces, said frame and end boards being1 adjustable one relatively to the other, an means for reci rocatingthe upper frame, substantially asv escribed.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SQUIRE ToNEY'.

' Witnesses:

L. C. STUNBERG, CLAUS. GILBERTSON. 

